“In a time when too many are using our differences to divide us, I want to help lift our differences up as what make us magnificent, what make us powerful,” said Black. “Fashion has the potential to help our individuality roar, and right now, we must use every tool in our arsenal to amplify that roar.”

Black is engaged to Olympic diver Tom Daley.

Over the weekend, Black accepted the Point Leadership Award from The Point Foundation, a national LGBTQ scholarship fund, and sent the following video to accept: